'Tis of life in the bigger World out there the young teenager day-dream <br />Far from his parents home by the babbling stream <br />That flow to the river bound for the sea shore <br />On a journey destined to last forever more. <br /> <br />He day-dreams of big towns and cities far away <br />And in the old Valley he surely won't stay <br />He reads books on life of the big World out there <br />His future won't be in the Valley he will live elsewhere. <br /> <br />Too young to leave home yet he is only fourteen <br />But so much in the big World out there to be seen <br />In four years from now he plans to emigrate <br />Sixteen Seasons does not seem that long to wait <br /> <br />To start his adventure in the big World out there <br />Far from the quiet Vale of the wild mountain hare <br />His life is ahead of him and time is on his side <br />And he is resolved to travel far and wide<br /><br />Francis Duggan<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-boy-s-dream/
